Equal Status Act 2000

42.—(1) Anything done by a person in the course of his or her
employment shall, in any proceedings brought under this Act, be
treated for the purposes of this Act as done also by that person
’s
employer, whether or not it was done with the employe
’s knowledge
or approval.

(2) Anything done by a person as agent for another person, with
the authority (whether express or implied and whether precedent or
subsequent) of that other person shall, in any proceedings brought
under this Act, be treated for the purposes of this Act as done also
by that other person.

(3) In proceedings brought under this Act against an employer in
respect of an act alleged to have been done by an employee of the
employer, it shall be a defence for the employer to prove that the
employer took such steps as were reasonably practicable to prevent
the employee
—

(a) from doing that act, or

(b) from doing in the course of his or her employment acts of
that description.